Monthly Water Use by Lessee 2016-18 (tidy)

Data dictionary

Monthly Water Use 2016-18 (tidy)

• year Calendar year
• month Month as integer 1-12
• lessee MWD lessee or entity managing the land
• AF_delivered Water deliveries (applied water in AF) for all gates managed by the lessee. Data from zanjero records.
• irr_factor Irrigation factor used to convert deliveries to consumptive use. 50% for flood, 78% for spray or drip, as defined in the leases. If lessee uses a mix of irrigation types, it will be weighted by acreage and by month.
• AF_delivered_cum Cumulative water deliveries (AF) for each year.
• AF_consumed_cum Cumulative consumptive use (AF) for each year.
• irrigatedAcres_wt Irrigated acres for each lessee, as a weighted daily average.
• AF_acre_cum Cumulative consumptive use (AF per irrigated acre) for each lessee. Value for December is the total consumptive use for that year.

Annual Water Use 2016-18 (crosstab)

• lessee MWD lessee or entity managing the land
• 2016 Total consumptive water use (AF/acre) for 2016. Data from —. Note: Data for 2016 is provided as a baseline only. Data for 2016 includes water use on all parcels currently managed by the lessee, even if the current lessee did not manage those parcels at the time.
• 2017 Total consumptive water use (AF per irrigated acre) for 2017. Data from —.
• 2018 Total consumptive water use (AF per irrigated acre) for 2018. Data from —.